Dannie Abse Quotes

• I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

  Dannie Abse

  Real, Drunk, Littles

  "Susannah Herbert on Dannie Abse, the poetry judge". www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2014.

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• Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

  Dannie Abse

  Garden, Rose, Tree

  Dannie Abse (2001). “Goodbye, Twentieth Century: An Autobiography”, Vintage

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• The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

  Dannie Abse

  Drama, Identity, Theme

  1984 Journa lentry,Feb,collected in Journals from the Ant-Heap (1986).

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• Are all men in disguise except those crying?

  Dannie Abse

  Men, Tears, Cry

  Dannie Abse (1986). “Ask the bloody horse”, Vintage

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• Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

  Dannie Abse

  Soul, My Soul

  Dannie Abse, Jeremy Robson (1973). “Poetry Dimension”

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• I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike.

  Dannie Abse

  Healing, Rose, Lovely

  'Pathology of Colours' (1968)

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